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LLEIVELLYN T. HATFIELD, OF MILAN, MISSOURI.

PAINTING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,264, datedSeptember 29,1885.

Application filed June 1, 1885.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LLEWELLYN T. HAT- FIELD, of Milan, in the county ofSullivan and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fence-Wire- Painting Machines; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in a fence-wire-painting machine,which it is not necessary for the operator to sustain the whole weightof, which is provided with suitable means for removing the superfluouspaint from the wire after it has passed through the paint-applyingdevices, and in which the paint-applying devices are so journaled thatwhen a barb passes through them they give way or oscillate, so as toaccommodate the same.

In the drawings, Figure l is an end view of my invention. Fig. 2 is atransverse vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is adetail view. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the machine, and Fig. 6 is aplan view of the cover.

In the drawings, A represents a paint-res ervoir having its bottominclined outwardfrom the inner side to the outer side, thus making thedepth of thereservoir nearest the fence, when the machine is in use,less than the side farthest therefrom. The reservoir is provided withsuitable hand-grasps or handles, a a, at its ends, and has a handleprojecting at right angles from the outer side by means of which theoperator carries and pushes the machine forward.

On the ends of the reservoir, near the inner side, are the straps b 1),down through which the standard B is pushed. This standard is providedwith a transverse spindle near its upper end, on the inner arm of whichthe traveler-wheel G is journaled. This wheel rides on the wire, and forthis purpose the concavity of its periphery is sufficiently wide toaccommodate the passage of the barbs. The edge of the inner flange ofthis wheel is (No model.)

serrated, as shown, so that when it comes to a post it can obtain apurchase on the staples, securing the wire to the post, and travel overthe same.

WVhen it is desired to reverse thecourse of the machine, the'standard Bis withdrawn from the straps b b and placed behind the straps at the endof the machine it is desired to travel in the direction of. The wheel 0is then placed on the other arm of the spindle, so that its serratedflange will be farthest from the standard, and the operator grasping theproper handles can reverse the course, if desired.

Secured to and projecting from the bottom of the reservoir is alongitudinal springframc, D, and secured to the ends of the reservoirabove and parallel to frame D is a springframe, d. These frames may bemade of wire or sheet metal, and are provided at their centers oflength, which corresponds to the longitudinal center of the machine,with suit able bearings for the paint-brush E. This brush is beveled,andis inclined from the top of the inner side of the reservoir, over theedge of which it projects to the bottom of the outer side. The locationof the frames D and dare made with reference to the inclination of brushE.

Placed so as to project over the edges of the inner side of thereservoir, immediately under the contiguous segment of brush E, is anapron, e, which is designed to direct the drippings of the said brushback into the reservoir. This apron or guard 6 may be permanentlysecured to the inner side of said reservoir; but I prefer securing it tothe spring-arms e e, secured to the inside wall of the reservoir, sothat when a post is being passed it may be pressed back thereby underthe brush and not interfere with its operation, which, if it was rigid,it would otherwise do.

Secured to the inner side and ends of the reservoir, about on a planewith the top edges thereof, are the L-frames f f, made, preferably, ofwire, and having in that portion at right angles to the said inner sidean elongated loop, e.

Fulcrumed in a suitable manner to the bottom of the reservoir is avertical spindle, G.

These spindles extend vertically upward through the loops c and they areheld against the outer end of said slot by the pressure of the flatspring g. This spring 9 may consist of a flat strip of metal securedlongitudinally to the contiguous side of the reservoir, or of acoil-spring either pushing it outward or pulling it outward. Thesespindles G above the frame f are designed to furnish a bearing for therevolving brush H, which follows brush E, and removes the superfluouspaint from the wire.

Brush H consists of an upper and lower brush, the backs of which areconnected by a spool or boss, and the bristles of which project fromnear the periphery of each back in toward each other.

the spindle G passes, and apertures in the lower back to permit thesuperfluous paint to I escape into the reservoir.

Placed over and, protecting the outer half of the reservoir is a cover,I, which is held suitable manner to the inner surface of the hand-grasph is an arm, J. This arm J projects at an incline at right angles to aline intersecting the journals of brush E transversely through averticalslot, j, in the back of hood h. On that part of it covered by the hoodit has loosely journaled the companion paintbrush K for brush E. Theengaging surfaces of these brushes E and K are preferably covered withwool, and the brush K is kept in engagement with brush E by the pressureof a spring, k, on arm J, between brush K and the back of hood h. Hood hprevents the paint which may, as brush K revolves, be thrown therefrom,from getting on the operator.

In operation, traveler O is journaled on standard B at the end of themachine toward which it is desired to move, and brush H is placed onspindle G, following the brushes K and E. The reservoir is then filledwith paint and the traveler placed astride the wire with its serratededge or flange outermost and the wire forced laterally between brushes Kand E, and also between the bristles of brush H. The operator walksalongside the fence, and the machine automatically paints the wire. Whena barb passes between brushes K and E, they give way sufficiently topermit its passage, and when a fence-post is reached the serrated edgeof the traveler obtains a hold on the staples, securing said wire to thepost and rolls over it, thus keeping the wire bei H There is a verticalcen tral aperture through brush H, through which Ifit and the arm J 011which it is journaled are permanent, the only difference will be thatbrush E will give the more when a barb passes between it and said brushK.

. Brush H may bejournaled on a permanent spindle instead of anoscillating one; but while this might answer, it is believed not to beas practical as that shown and described.

Any kind of a traveler will answer that can remain on the wire and willnot slip off with every lateral strain.

WVhat I claim as new is- 1. The combination, in a fence-wire-paintingmachine, of the reservoir having handles connected thereto, straps bb,oonnected thereto, and traveler O, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. The combination, in a fence-wire-painting machine, of the reservoirhaving handles connected thereto, straps b b, secured to the endsthereof, standard B, and wheel 0.

3. The combination, in a fence-wire-painting machine, of the reservoirhaving handles connected thereto, traveler 0, having the periphery ofone or both of its flanges serrated, and means for journaling saidtraveler, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, in a fence-wire-painting machine, with the reservoirand cover thereto, having a hood, as described, of the paint-brushes Kand E, constructed and arranged as set forth.

5. The combination, with reservoir A, the spring-frames D and d therein,cover I, and arm J, of the brushes K and E.

6. The combination, with the reservoir, the spring-frames D and d, thecover I, having hood h and arm J, of the brushes K and E.

7. The combination, with the reservoir, frames D and d therein, coverLhaving hood h, and arm J, fulcrumed back of said hood and passingthrough a vertical slot, h, in the same, of the brushes K and E.

8. The combination, with the reservoir, frames D and d therein, cover I,having hood h, arm J, fulcrumed back of said hood and passing through avertical slot, h, in the same, and spring 70, of the brushes K and E.

9. The combination, with the paint-brushes K and E, of the reservoirA,"having means therein for journaling brush E, cover I, having a hood,h, and arm J, fulcrumed back of said hood and passing through a verticalslot in the same.

10. The combination, in afence-wire-painting machine, with thepaint-brushes K and E,

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of a brush arranged on the same plane and following said brushes K andE.

11. The combination,in a fence-w'ire-painting machine, with thepaint-brushes K and E, of the brush H, consisting of an upper and lowerbrush the backs of which are connected by a central boss or spool andthe bristles of which project in toward each other, and which isarranged on the same plane and follows said brushes K and E.

12. The combination, in a fence-wire-painting machine, with thepaint-brushes K and E, of the brush H, spindle G, and frames ff.

13. In a fence-wire-painting machine, the combination, with thereservoir having frames D and (l, and having an apron, c, of the brushE.

14. In a fence-wire-painting machine, the combination, with thereservoir and brush E,

,of the apron e and spring-arms e e, carry- LLEWELLYN T. HATFIELD.

\Vitnesses:

JAMES H. COYNE, FRANK D. THOMASON.

